Provocative Earth photos from space

By VANESSA HO

Latest photos from the International Space Station

NASA, via Getty Images

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Karen Nyberg, in her NASA portrait. She has a doctorate in mechanical engineering and has worked for NASA since 1991. She did her first spaceflight in 2008, in a mission to deliver equipment to the International Space Station. Currently assigned to NASA's Expediton
36, she's scheduled to return to Earth in November.

NASA, via Getty Images

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Karen Nyberg, in her NASA portrait. She has a doctorate in mechanical engineering and has worked for NASA since 1991. She did her first spaceflight in 2008, in a mission to deliver equipment to the International Space Station. Currently assigned to NASA's Expediton
36, she's scheduled to return to Earth in November.